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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Declaring states of emergency - Declaring state of national emergency

110: Extending location to which state of national emergency applies

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"Expanding the area covered by a national emergency declaration"

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If a Minister declares a state of national emergency in a part of New Zealand, you need to know it may not apply to the whole country. The Minister can decide to extend the state of national emergency to other areas. The Minister must think the same reasons for the original declaration apply to these new areas, as outlined in section 109(1). The Minister has to tell the House of Representatives about this decision as soon as possible. This means the state of national emergency can apply to more areas if the Minister decides it is necessary. The Minister's decision is based on certain criteria that must be met. You can find more information about this in the proposed Emergency Management Bill (No 2).

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109: Minister may declare state of national emergency, or

"Minister can declare a national emergency if a big crisis happens"

111: When Parliament must meet if state of national emergency declared, or

"What happens to Parliament when a national emergency is declared"

Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Declaring states of emergency: Declaring state of national emergency

110Extending location to which state of national emergency applies

This section applies if the Minister has declared a state of national emergency that applies to an area or a district (the affected location) but not to the whole of New Zealand.
The Minister may declare that the state of national emergency applies to 1 or more further areas or districts, whether or not any of those further areas or districts overlaps or is contiguous with the affected location.
The Minister may make a declaration under subsection (2) only if the Minister considers that the criteria in section 109(1) apply to each of the further areas or districts.
The Minister must inform the House of Representatives as soon as practicable if the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (2).

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2002 No 33 s 71